Bitch : on the female of the species / Lucy Cooke.
A leading zoologist takes a fierce and often humorous look at the females of the animal kingdom and subverts the prevailing opinion among evolutionary biologists who have insisted that males are more interesting.
Humans are locked in a battle over sex and gender: one side argues that evolutionary biology dictates how we should be, and the other that it's a patriarchal tool that shouldn't matter at all. Rewriting the science of evolution and sex, she shows how feminist biologists have uncovered nature's dizzying diversity of bodies, brains and behavior that evolution has created. With a new perspective on the female animal of a variety of species, Cooke reveals a new understanding of what being female can mean, and how evolution itself can work. -- adapted from jacket
Record details
- ISBN: 9781541674899
- ISBN: 1541674898
- Physical Description: xxi, 369 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
- Edition: First US edition.
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-352) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- The anarchy of sex -- The mysteries of mate choice -- The monogamy myth -- Fifty ways to eat your lover -- Love is a battlefield -- Madonna no more -- Bitch eat bitch -- Primate politics -- Matriarchs and menopause -- Sisters are doing it for themselves -- Beyond the binary -- Conclusion: A natural world without prejudice. |
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Subject: | Females > Miscellanea. Women > Miscellanea. Psychology, Comparative. |
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- 7 of 10 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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- 1 current hold with 10 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Albright Memorial Library | 591.56 COOKE (Text) | 50686016178548 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Altoona Area Public Library | 591.56 COO (Text) | 33240004729888 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked Out | 04/10/2024 |
Cambria County Library | 591.56 C772b (Text) | 85131001830240 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Kreutz Creek Valley Library | Adults 591.56 COO Nonfiction (Text) | 34261000546224 | Adult Area | Available | - |
Martin Library | Adults 591.56 COO Science Technology (Text) | 33454005897822 | 2nd Floor | Checked Out | 03/20/2024 |
Pottsville Free Public Library | 591.56 C775 (Text) | 30003009104165 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked Out | 05/02/2024 |
Reading Public Library RPL - Main | 591.56 Coo (Text) | 33223008930454 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
Allentown Public Library | 591.56 COOK (Text) | 34455006916379 | Adult Nonfiction 1st FL | Available | - |
Bethlehem Main Library | 591.56 (Text) | 33062009613242 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Newfoundland Area Library | 591.56 COO (Text) | 38445000505602 | Nonfiction | Available | - |